The Heavy Haulage Appreciation Thread
Discussion
Chrisgr31 said:
How much does a crane like that cost to hire, and how come it was just hanging around available to come to London at such short notice? Guess they are not used much?
I was discussing this with a friend earlier,it must be a big number as its not as if they have much competition (or any?)at that level, and that crane must have cost a pretty penny. I believe it was used on the olympic site for its reach capability. Is this the tallist mobile crane available? and if so what will happen if we continue to build higher and disaster srikes?Edited by cahami on Tuesday 22 January 01:51
cahami said:
quote: Not too sure i'd be that keen to dangle 192ft up off the ground to inspect something TBH
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
I misread the innitial figure, its 192M. Numbers/maths was never one of my stronger points!...
Heres the FB page those pics ^ were posted to -
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/HeavyCranes
Must drag out some pics i took whilst in Michigan in 2001. Although not huge ,some are interesting.
And as an aside, isn't it nice to see a report on the Nine Elms situation ( the website referred to above) written as it should be without the sensationalism of the so called journolists/reporters, who know f
k all about so little
And as an aside, isn't it nice to see a report on the Nine Elms situation ( the website referred to above) written as it should be without the sensationalism of the so called journolists/reporters, who know f
k all about so littleForthright MC said:
cahami said:
quote: Not too sure i'd be that keen to dangle 192ft up off the ground to inspect something TBH
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
Isnt it about 750ft? anyone got a lin to more photos or a link to that fb page?
I misread the innitial figure, its 192M. Numbers/maths was never one of my stronger points!...
Heres the FB page those pics ^ were posted to -
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/HeavyCranes
t, 192 METRES!!!i once went up just under 200 ft in a truck mounted aerial platform.
it was owned by universal aerial platforms, it was a 62 metre bronto, built on a rigid mercedes actros, quite abit of kit, but it felt abit much for me if i'm honest.
i believe there is one now aimed at the fire service, think it works on an articulated truck setup, sure i heard it was 100metres.
just found bronto in finland, now do 1 that is 112 metres
Edited by chilistrucker on Tuesday 22 January 14:25
Anyone get any better photo's of this beauty today?
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
cravir said:
Anyone get any better photo's of this beauty today?
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
Leicester Heavy Haulage carrying a Hercules! Whole outfit over 45m long! This is all my friend could get as he drove by. It will be M6 North tomorrow, Cov to Staffs. If anyone manages to get a good bridge shot of it, please pm to me. Thanks.
Crikey, hope that comes my way via the A1!...
I guess that will be Paul in Leicesters TGX.680 transporting this (top bloke) what a sight though i bet that was!
Think i saw this pic posted up on Facebook a little earlier too?
I remember S.A Smith (His old DAF at least although i can't be sure wether it was his at the time) took on a similar movement not too long, think the aircraft had been dis-assembled a fair bit more than the one ^ though!...
Forthright MC said:
Crikey, hope that comes my way via the A1!...
I guess that will be Paul in Leicesters TGX.680 transporting this (top bloke) what a sight though i bet that was!
Think i saw this pic posted up on Facebook a little earlier too?
I remember S.A Smith (His old DAF at least although i can't be sure wether it was his at the time) took on a similar movement not too long, think the aircraft had been dis-assembled a fair bit more than the one ^ though!...
Won't be coming your way, unfortunately - it is a peculiar sight.
I put it on FB so Paul could see it.
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
I saw that Southbound onthe Hard should last night too !
A1 I think, but I was pax and away with it in the back..
You must have been well away with it, to see that on the A1! It went M1 J20 North to J21, then M69 South. Is M6 North this morning to destination.A1 I think, but I was pax and away with it in the back..
Maybe you just have really bizzare dreams about planes and motorways?
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Mmmm it was definitely on the southbound of either A1, M18 or M1 above Leicester.
It did take 5 hours to get from Bruntingthorpe to J20 M1 North, which is about 5 miles as the crow flies. My road geography is not great, so it's route may have involved the roads you mentioned? I'll check with the driver next time I speak to him, just so we can confirm if you're going mad or not 
Could there have been two of them?cravir said:
Forthright MC said:
Crikey, hope that comes my way via the A1!...
I guess that will be Paul in Leicesters TGX.680 transporting this (top bloke) what a sight though i bet that was!
Think i saw this pic posted up on Facebook a little earlier too?
I remember S.A Smith (His old DAF at least although i can't be sure wether it was his at the time) took on a similar movement not too long, think the aircraft had been dis-assembled a fair bit more than the one ^ though!...
Won't be coming your way, unfortunately - it is a peculiar sight.
I put it on FB so Paul could see it.
I've just been checking out some of the pics over on FB. Paul and his support crew took some nice shots themselves that have been posted to a few groups i peruse on there. Apparently unloading at ALEs yard (IIRC) was a bit of a faff!...
Shame he couldn't make it down my way with it this time. Managed to organise an inproptu session with him whilst he was transporting a big rail translocator last month! The pics of that or on the last page
chilistrucker said:
i believe there is one now aimed at the fire service, think it works on an articulated truck setup, sure i heard it was 100metres.
Not quite the same thing, but my local fire service took delivery of a pair of these a little while back - 
Called a CARA (Combined Aerial Rescue Appliance) which supposedly offers all the features of a regular fire engine, but with a remote controlled rescue platform on the roof (Meant to save time waiting for a Turntable Ladder to arrive supposedly) they had two for a station in Peterborough (The one ^) and another for Cambridge, but neither has yet been on the run due to persistent mechanical gremlins and faults!...
Ones back in Germany having a propshaft replaced IIRC. A nice idea oin theory, but i don't think the service is much amused anymore TBH. (£300k a pop!)
Edited by Forthright MC on Wednesday 20th February 01:31
Bloody hell! ^^
I wonder if they were using that as a pusher tractor behind some gargantuan load to cause the truck to fall apart like that perhaps!
Dunno what was going on today, but there were some immense cranes being shifted about up the A1 this afternoon! -
Got some info for the German based Liebherr ^
LTM 11200-9.1, 1200te capacity. 100 metre main boom (92 tons Gross without the boom installed!) Was an absolute monster!
I wonder if they were using that as a pusher tractor behind some gargantuan load to cause the truck to fall apart like that perhaps!
Dunno what was going on today, but there were some immense cranes being shifted about up the A1 this afternoon! -
Got some info for the German based Liebherr ^
LTM 11200-9.1, 1200te capacity. 100 metre main boom (92 tons Gross without the boom installed!) Was an absolute monster!
OK, so the las one wasn't strictly "haulage".
How about this?
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Some of the South Korean shipyards, get modules made in China, where it is obviously cheaper.
Then assemble them in the South Korean shipyards.
I guess this is South Korea's answer of "Not Made in China"
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How about this?
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Some of the South Korean shipyards, get modules made in China, where it is obviously cheaper.
Then assemble them in the South Korean shipyards.
I guess this is South Korea's answer of "Not Made in China"
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Edited by uk_vette on Saturday 2nd March 04:49
Edited by uk_vette on Saturday 2nd March 15:26
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